Shower bath



B. J. DICKERT Aug. 6, 1929.

SHOWER BATH Filed Aug. 4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet.

A TORNEY 1929- B. J. DICKERT 1,723,410

SHOWER BATH Filed Aug. 4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOSTICK JACK DICKEBT, OF ARITON, ALABAMA.

SHOWER BATH.

n Application men August 4, 1923. Serial a. 297,412.

is the provision of a cabinet for this purpose which is preferably wholly constructed of metal, except for certain gaskets which insure water tight joints between the parts, and which is of such construction and arrangement that the same may be set up in an easy, strong and efficient manner with a minimum amount of physical exertion.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part of the application, with the understanr ling, however, that the impi'ovcmcnt is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of a the drawings nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not aifectthe spirit of the invention or exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement.

Figure 2- is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. y

Figure 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4.- is a perspective View looking toward one corner of the improvement, with the parts constituting the same separated but ready for assemblage.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the improvement.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view looking toward one corner of the base.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view looking'toward the inner face of'one of the corner wedge lock bars. 7

Figure 8 is a similar View looking toward the inner face of one of theouter angle corner plates.

Of course, my improved cabinet may be of any desired size, shape and proportion, but in the showing of the drawings, the same is square or substantially rectangular in cross section. The improvement, except for the gaskets or like compressible sheets, is preferably wholly constructed of metal which may have baked 011 its faces coatings of enamel or which may be otherwise treated to render the same attractive and sanitary.

The metal base of the improvement is broadly indicated by the numeral 1. The base, at its edges, is both widened and thickened, as indicated by the numeral 2, and the said base, on its upper face, is provided with a continuous groove 3. Inward of the groove the base gradually slopes from the sides and end to the center thereof and the said center is formed with an opening for the reception of a flanged metal sleeve that receives therein a removable plug 4.

The base 1, at each of the corners thereof, is depressed to form the same with what I will term a pocket. The outer walls"5 of each of the pockets are disposed a slight but suitable distance away from the outer walls provided by the grooves 3 and the inner wall provided by each of the pockets is cut angularly, as at 6, from the inner walls provided by the grooves 3. -The lower wall 7 of each of the pockets is flattened and the angle side walls are provided with transverse openings 8. The metal plates that constitute the body of the improvement are similarly constructed except that the front plate is provided with a door opening 9 and the said front plate, on its inner face, above the doorway has fixed thereto the offset ends ofa rod 9 that supports a rubber curtain for coveringthe opening. Obviously the opening may be closed by a glass or other suitable dooror doors. The lower edge of each of the plates 10 that constitute the body of the improvement-are received in the respective grooves 3. The ends of the respective plates 10 are bent or rounded to provide what I will term outwardly directed beads 11 and these beads are designed for frictional contact with the inner faces of the angle outer corner posts 12, the

plates 10 at the corners thereof the angle edges of metal lock bars or plates 13.

lThe angle edges 14: of these look bars 13 contact with compressible strips or gaskets which are preferabli of rubber and force the same against the plates of the body as well as against the rounded inner walls of the beads 11 in a manner which will presentl be described. The lower portions of the loc plates or bars '13 are received in the pockets and are in frictional contact with the walls 6 provided by said pockets. The plates 13' on their inner face and at suitable points throughout their length are formed with upwardly directed hook-like members 16 whose inner faces are arranged angularly, as at 17. These angle or wedge faces 17 are designed to engage with substantially U-shaped bails 18 whose arms are connected to the respective inner sides of the angle corner posts 12. It should be stated that. after the bars 13 are arranged against'the corners of the body 'plates, the angle corner plates are moved so downwardly to permit of their lower ends entering the pockets, such downward movement bringing the bails into engagement with the wedge members 17 and by virtue of such engagement the corner plates will draw the lock bars or plates 13 theretoward and compress the strips or gaskets 15 and like wise force the beads 11 into tight spring or frictional engagement withthe corner posts.

Each of the angle corner posts 12 preferably hasa closed top 19 and the inner edge of this top is formed with a downwardly extending flange 20 andeach of the said flanges is designed for frictional engagement with the inner face of the respective lock bars 13 at the upper or top portions thereof.

InFigure 2 of the drawings I have illustrated by dotted lines a manner in which water may be conducted through a pipe to the nozzle head which is arranged at the top of the cabinet, the passage through the pipe being controlled b a valve whose handle is arranged inthe ca inet. While in the show ing of the drawings no top has been provided for the cabinet it is obvious that such too me be provided if desired. To effectively loc the angle corner posts in the pockets I pass through the openings 8 in the base 1 pins 21 which are received in openings inthe respective flangesof the said corner posts 12.

When the cabinet is finished the openings providing the base-for the pins'are preferably suitably plugged;

With my improvement it will be noted that I have produced a cabinet for shower baths-which is of an extremely simple construction, may be cheaply manufactured, easily erected and if necessary may have its parts as easil disassociated. It will be also noted" that t e. corners of the cabinet will be rendered positively water roof. In this connection I may state that if desired I may arrange in the grooves 3 compressible strips :1 ainst which the loweredges of the body p ates contact. Further it will benoted that my improvement may be erected in out-ofthe-way corners or places in a building whose spaces were previously unuse'dand therefore wasted.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A shower bath cabinet, comprisin a rectangular base provided on its upper ace with a continuous groove and having its corners formedwith pockets whose-inner Walls are arranged at an angle, body plates received in the grooves and entering the pockets, lock bars having angle edges whose lower ends are received in the pockets and whose edges contact with the body plates, upwardly extending wedge members on the lock bars, angle plates having yokes on the inner faces thereof and designed to be slid over the confronting ends of the body plates, to receive .the wedge members in the yokes thereof'and to enter the pockets.

2. A shower bath cabinet, comprising a rectangular base provided on its upper face with a continuous groove and having its corners formed with pockets, whose inner walls are arranged at an angle, body plates received in the grooves and entering the pockets lock bars having angle edges whose lower on s are received in the pocketsand whose edges con tact with the body plates, upwardly extending wedge members on the lock bars, angle plates having yokes on the inner faces thereof and designed to be slid over the confronting ends of the body ates to receive the wedge members in the \yokes thereof and to enter the pockets, compressible strips "between the angle edges of the lock bars and the body plates and pinsentering the corners of the base and receivedin openings in the angle corner plates.

3. -A shower bath cabinet, comprising a rectangular base provided on its upper face with a continuous groove and havingits corners formed with pockets, whose inner walls are arranged at an; ngle, body plates'received --in the grooves an entering the pockets, lock bars having angle edges whose lower ends are received in the pockets and whose edges contact with the body plates, upwardly extending wedge members on the lock .bars, angle plates having yokes on the inner facesthereof and designed to he slid over the confronting ends of the body plates toreceive the Wedge members in the'yokes thereof and to enter the pockets, compressible strips between the angle edges of the lock bars and the body plates and pins entering the corners of the base and received in openings in the angle corner plates, and said angle corner plates having closed tops provided withdownward- .ly directed flanges for frictional engagement with the inner faces at the top portions of 12 the lock bars;

V In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BOSTICK JACK DICKERT. 

